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• Mum of student who took his own life has told of heartache at losing her “beautiful boy”

  19-10-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liam Fletcher, 21, was discovered yesterday and his grieving family say he will be dearly missed by those he has left behind
  
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• Indian girl suffers burns after being forced to sit on slide heated up in the sun

  19-10-2015 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A four-year-old child in India suffered severe burns to her bottom after she was forced to sit on a hot metal playground slide which had been heated up by the midday sun.
  
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• Policeman 'who bit man's testicles during fight' leaves the force

  19-10-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officer Michael Flaig, 31, got into a fight in a bar after the victim allegedly made unwanted advances towards his female roommate
  
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• Save our NHS before it's too late: Video explains why Junior Docs are threatening strike

  19-10-2015 23:51
  
  A BRILLIANT new video which explains why Junior Doctors are threatening to strike against contentious reforms to their contracts has gone viral online.
  
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• Murder victim's body is propped up at table 'playing' DOMINOES as his family parties during bizarre wake

  19-10-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His mother, who owns the bar, decided to give her son a decent send off by allowing him to play dominos and drink in his corner one last time.
  
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• 'Mummy blogger' accused of injecting daughter with urine 'to get doctor to treat sick child'

  19-10-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman was reportedly frustrated at the lack of help her daughter, who was born with a genetic illness, was receiving from doctors
  
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• George Osborne refuses to budge on tax credits with laws to force deep cuts

  19-10-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor has made clear he has no intention of 'tweaking' the cuts, claiming the law has already been changed and a climbdown would cost billions.
  
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• Student who bottled clubber in nightclub leaving woman stood nearby permanently scarred, is spared jail

  19-10-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Moon, 22, spared jail despite "disgracing the good name of the city of Liverpool"
  
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• Young clubber suffers horrifying facial injury after being 'slashed with bottle in bar attack'

  19-10-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Image of the 21-year-old's horrific gaping injury was posted on Facebook after he was allegedly attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning
  
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• Bizarre footage shows smaller man trying to BITE the head of his larger opponent during comical brawl

  19-10-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The smaller man leaps on his larger opponent and tries to get him in a head lock but quickly finds he is getting a bear hug
  
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• Lord Warner resigns the Labour whip saying the party is 'no longer credible'

  19-10-2015 23:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Norman Warner was a minister of state at the Department of Health under Tony Blair
  
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• Oscar Pistorius released from jail: How Paralympic gold medalist became notorious killer.. and what happens next?

  19-10-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former goldenboy of athletics has today been released from jail after serving just one year for shooing dead his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
  
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• 'How my sweet little Thomas became the White Beast capable of beheading innocents'

  19-10-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sally Evans admits she still loves the adorable boy her son used to be but loathes the man he became
  
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• David Cameron should show his mettle by standing up to Chinese president

  19-10-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Today the Daily Mirror launches a Save Our Steel campaign with four solid proposals to protect and revive a great industry: cut business rates, reduce energy costs, block cheap Chinese imports and buy British
  
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• Dawn DaLuise accused of hiring a hitman to take out a rival breaks her silence

  19-10-2015 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dawn Melody DaLuise, 56, was charged with solicitation for murder and spent 10 months in jail after her arrest in March last year. The 56-year-old facialist was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
  
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• Lord Warner QUITS Labour as he reveals fears party may not win another election without policy changes

  19-10-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former health minster said the party could only hope to win an election by focusing on policies that win back voters from the Tories
  
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• Oscar Pistorius released from jail a day early to house arrest, reports claim

  19-10-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former golden boy of athletics has today been released from jail after serving just one year for shooing dead his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
  
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• Oscar Pistorius released from jail a day early to house arrest at uncle's mansion

  19-10-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former golden boy of athletics has today been released from jail after serving just one year for shooing dead his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
  
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• Friends of dying bride launch fundraising appeal to give her wedding and honeymoon of her dreams

  19-10-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Friends of Marie Kenfick Henry Joe Parfitt and Michelle Newport have launched a fundraising page to raise £6,500 to give her the big day she has always wanted.
  
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• Prince William gets a royal pain in the neck as he struggles to greet 7ft 6ins NBA star Yao Ming

  19-10-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Cambridge laughed as he was introduced to the player ahead of talk on saving wildlife
  
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• Thousands raised for children of tragic mum-of-three who is dying of cancer

  19-10-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clare Callow, 38, was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago
  
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• David Cameron MUST step in to Save Our Steel as thousands more face job losses

  19-10-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caparo has fallen into administration, the second steel giant to do so this month after the closure of Teesside’s Redcar plant
  
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• BBC accused of 'dishonesty' and bias over EU referendum coverage

  19-10-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Nigel Farage has written to the BBC trust over its use of the word 'Europe' in place of 'European Union' amid claims it benefits the In campaign
  
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• As thousands of steel jobs are lost we have to see the misery and heartache behind each one

  19-10-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two weeks ago, John McDonnell chose to make his first visit as Shadow Chancellor to Redcar and he has vowed Labour will stand shoulder to shoulder with workers
  
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• As 15,000 workers face losing their jobs we demand David Cameron Save Our Steel

  19-10-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  How do you build a Northern Powerhouse without steel? How do you have a “march of the makers” if you abandon the makers at their first cry for help? asks Brian Reade
  
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• Amazon show that making a loss can be very profitable indeed when it comes to tax

  19-10-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror business editor Graham Hiscott says that multinational firms have all manner of methods to keep their tax liabilities at an absolute minimum
  
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• Amazon boss admits UK tax bill STILL may not increase despite Government crackdown

  19-10-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chris North, head of the multinational online retailer's UK arm, says the amount of corporation tax it pays will depend on profits and investment
  
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• Children of elderly widow 'sold all her possessions on Facebook' after she was moved into care home

  19-10-2015 22:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A court heard that the house the woman owned in Northamptonshire had also been put up for rent
  
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• Woman burgled twice while on holiday - by her own son and her ex-husband

  19-10-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Simon Ashton, 52, was jailed for two years after admitting burglary while his son James, 30, was given a suspended sentence
  
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• Police called to UFO found crash landed and on fire in the middle of the road

  19-10-2015 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mystery item was reported to Kingston police at midnight last night by a concerned member of the public
  
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• Horrified diner finds 'dead FLY inside gourmet burger' as she prepares to tuck in

  19-10-2015 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  But co-founder of the chain where the unwanted extra was allegedly found defends the company’s hygiene standards
  
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• Study reveals the Shroud of Turin contains DNA from plants found all over the world

  19-10-2015 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Padova suggest the shroud travelled the world extensively, moving from Jerusalem to Turkey to France before ending up in its in Turin, Italy.
  
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• Who is Chinese president Xi Jinping as he makes state visit to Britain?

  19-10-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  20 facts about the Chinese leader who visits Britain this week - and why his visit is so controversial
  
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• End of the BBC gravy train as corporation announces crackdown on first class travel and boozy lunches

  19-10-2015 22:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  All staff directly employed by the BBC - including on-screen stars - will be subject to the new rules
  
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• Former gangster calls on head of rival family to end 'war' between them

  19-10-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reformed gangster Stephen Sayers has now urged foe Paddy Conroy to end the war of words between their families so they can all move on
  
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• £1.9bn cuts to police will slash number of bobbies on the beat

  19-10-2015 22:40
  
  POLICE forces are facing cuts of £1.9billion, job losses and massive shake-ups over the next five years and those that fail to adapt to changes could disappear, a watchdog has warned.
  
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• Alan Yentob's behaviour probed by BBC Trust over Kids Company meddling

  19-10-2015 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead said it is currently examining Mr Yentob’s behaviour, despite assurances from Lord Hall that the BBC’s editorial independence was never compromised.
  
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• Stephen Port's parents tell of their shock as their son is accused of murder

  19-10-2015 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephen John Port, 40, from Barking, is accused of poisoning four men in their twenties. Several bodies were found next to the churchyard of St Margaret's Church, pictured.
  
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• Trojan Horse head 'allowed pupils to be put in stress positions as punishment'

  19-10-2015 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monsoor 'Moz' Hussain, former head teacher at Park View School in Birmingham, allegedly allowed pupils to be subjected to cruel punishments.
  
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• Baby P scandal council is blasted again following Mary Stroman's suicide

  19-10-2015 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Haringey Council has been slammed in a serious case review into the death of 16-year-old Mary Stroman, who took her own life on a railway line in Wiltshire in January 2014.
  
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• New Zealand's Rugby World Cup defence being fuelled by a secret weapon - pork pies

  19-10-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The All Blacks have been enjoying traditional homegrown English grub as they criss-cross the UK to defend their title
  
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• Lord Ashcroft 'in intensive care due to renal failure, septic shock, liver and kidney failure'

  19-10-2015 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Conservative peer missed the launch of Call Me Dave, his biography of the Prime Minister, this evening after it emerged he had been in intensive care for 18 days.
  
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• Watch ghoulish 'ghost' drone hovering along street as bemused motorists drive by

  19-10-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Spooky goings on as the skeleton is seen hovering up and down a busy road with its bony hands out-stretched
  
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• Aer Lingus dead passenger 'had number of packages in his body' on tragic flight

  19-10-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A post-mortem revealed the 24-year-old Brazilian man had the packages stashed upon him but no cause of death has yet been ascertained
  
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• CANNABIS 'delays rejection of transplant organs by slowing immune system's attack'

  19-10-2015 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of South Carolina have shown for the first time that the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, slows down the immune system's rejection of the new organ.
  
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• David Cameron promises to fight Islamic extremism in hospitals, schools, councils and prisons

  19-10-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said a new strategy would root out the “poisonous ideology” but the Muslim Council of Britain called the strategy “flawed”
  
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• Each Syrian refugee to cost Britain £24,000 a year

  19-10-2015 22:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Cameron has pledged to take 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next four-and-a-half years, but 84 bishops has said UK should accept 50,000
  
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• Lord Ashcroft misses launch of David Cameron book after suffering life threatening illness

  19-10-2015 22:09
  
  LORD Ashcroft missed the launch of a controversial biography of David Cameron that he co-authored after suffering from a life-threatening illness.
  
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• Bill Bryson slams the National Trust for 'fleecing' stone circle tourists

  19-10-2015 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 63-year-old author moaned that he was forced to stump up the cash before he even saw any of the Neolithic stone circles while visiting the village of Avebury in Wiltshire.
  
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• BBC presenter Sian Williams threatens to take panellist off air after protest about Sikhs in Punjab disrupts show

  19-10-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Charity worker Jagmeet Singh protests on BBC's Sunday Morning Live about the lack of media coverage of violence against Sikhs in the Punjab
  
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